Task 13 – Manipulating Time and Space

Manipulating time and space

Editing  'effect' are really important part of film making. They allow a film maker to very effectively manipulate of diegetic time and pace. For example; to show that a time period has changed in a flashback/forward. To show a location is different. To show that the time is moving quicker or slower than normal. An effect can be something really simple such as using a colour filter. It could be altering the saturation of an image to either enhance the colour or remove it. Making an image black and white is often used for flashback. There are many different effect that can be added in the post production stage. one common techniques is alter the speed of the footage. A film which uses this technique is The time machine. The time traveller enters the time machine and the environment changes as the travels through time. A more modern version of this effect is seen in the third of the Harry Potter film. The sequence using layering and altering the speed of the image.

Our created peace

In our film video we were able to use fade and dissolves to help create an effect of manipulating diegetic time and space. The purpose of dissolve is to create an idea that all characters are having a flashback of previous experience remembering how a close friend of his stole the girl he loved. Through the use of dissolve, the audience knew what was going on. In this film sequence we see how a character murdered his friend due to jealousy and hatred of his friend, stealing the girl he once loved. We were able to use a green screen and edited it to make it seem like a real news background and settings. In this film clip we see how his a character got murdered by his friend. It was like an episode and this clip showed the ending of the episode as we see that the character who stole the girl was being murdered.  

Task 12– Transitions and Effects

Style of Editing
The movement from one shot to the next is called a transition. Different transitions suggest different ideas to the audience. It is therefore really important to choose the right one.
Straight cut
A straight cut is the most common and invisible form of transition. one shot moves instantaneously to the next without attracting the audience's attention. Straight cuts help to retain reality. They are used in continuity editing as they do not break the viewers suspension of disbelief.
Dissolves
A dissolve fades one shot off the screen while another shot is fading in. The audience will be able to see both shots at the mid-point of the shot. Dissolves suggest that the shots are connected in some way. It might be two characters, places or objects. It might suggest that some time has passed between the two shots.




Fades
A fade is a bit like a dissolve but instead of dissolving one shot into another. A fade is gradual darkening or lightening of an image until the screen becomes black or white. A fade indicates the start or end of a particular section of time within the narrative.
Wipes
A wipe is quite an unusual transition. It is when one image is pushed off the screen by another. Images can be pushed in any direction but it is more common for the image to be pushed off the left-hand side. This movement is more consistent with the sense of time moving forward. A wipe signals is audience that they are being shown different locations that are experiencing the same time. A visual equivalent of saying 'meanwhile'.

Graphic match
A graphic match is a very specialized type of transition. it is not something an editor adds between two shots but more a decision about which two shots to put next to each other. It tells the audience that there is a very important link between whatever it is they are seeing in the two shots.

However, we there are effects and we can add colours or filter for the audience to get a different sense or different time zone and the graphic can link with the clip. For example ‘The Wizard of Oz’ we see when the hurricane hit Kansas and then Dorothy woke up and we see instantly that the colour changed this was done in order to show a change of time in the scene. Furthermore, when using time and speed, this is when a film clip is speed up to represent a big change of speed and time. For example the film ‘Time Machine’, this technique was used which will include having to film two of the same shot for it to represent the sun moving after period of time.

Task 11- Creating Pace with Cross Cutting

Our Created Piece of Cross-Cutting

In our video we created a film clip with cross cutting and through the uses of music in the background. The video starts up with a fast tempo speed, showing two character playing basketball at first and then ending up in being a normal speed and making the viewers not knowing what will happen in the film clip. In the clip we see that the film editing  get faster and shows how both character are in a party scene, which show the viewers that the character were having a great time or partying. However we see how there become a fast change in the clips due to one friend stealing his girl friend, the use of grey colour showed the viewer that what was going on wasn’t good. Furthermore, we use romantic colour and music when the two couple were walking, this showed the viewers that what was going on was good. The music showed a different pace because the music was slow. Additionally, we used a side shot when both couples were talking and showed each individual face while they were talking which showed the viewer that both couple were talking to each other, which didn’t not confuse the viewer. We didn’t show the ending of what will happen at the end because it allowed the viewers to be more curious and made them want to watch more and we wanted them to watch the ending in our other film clip we create.